Emmeline Brice

Emmeline Frances Brice (9 March 1895 – 26 July 2006) is believed to have been the oldest living resident of the UK at age 111, following the 1 March 2006 death of Judy Ingamells, who was 112. [cite news
title=UK's oldest woman dies aged 111
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/5239974.stm
publisher=BBC News
date=2 August 2006] Documents were sent to Guinness and received, but Brice died before an official announcement by them was made. She was born and died in Leighton Buzzard. Brice was said to have attended Queen Victoria's funeral in 1901, aged five. [cite news|title=Woman whose life spanned three centuries dies at 111|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-148986540.html|publisher=The Evening Standard|date=2 August 2006] Brice's last living daughter was 90 years old at the time of her death. Brice's 85-year-old daughter had died in June 2006. Upon her death, 111-year-old Annie Knight from Scotland became the United Kingdom's oldest person.

ee also

* List of British supercentenarians
* Supercentenarian

References

External links

* [http://www.leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1154&ArticleID=1379720 The oldest person in Britain]
* [http://www.rc.net/northampton/sacredheart/2april2006.html "Congratulations to Emmeline Brice, of our parish"]
* [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17501129&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=oldest-brit-dies-at-111--name_page.html Oldest Briton dies at 111]